Choose a current issue in your local neighborhood. This exercise gets you to figure out how you would design a large-scale change intervention program in relation to this issue. Give consideration to the following issues:
How many people would it make sense to involve?
Where and when would you hold it?
How would you ensure that you have a representative cross sample of relevant people in the room at the same time? What data sources would you need to achieve this?
Who are the key decision makers in relation to this issue? What arguments will you use to get them to attend the meeting?
How will you structure the agenda of the meeting? What would be the best way of doing this so that people who attend on that day have appropriate buy-in to it?
How would you run the actual meeting?
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Select a current topic in your neighborhood. This exercise asks you to consider how you might build a large-scale change intervention program in response to this challenge. Take into account the following issues:
How many persons would it be appropriate to include?
When and where would you have it?
How would you ensure that a representative cross-section of relevant people is present in the room at the same time? What data sources would you require to accomplish this?
Who are the primary decision-makers in this matter? What reasons will you make to persuade them to come to the meeting?
How will you organize the meeting’s agenda? What would be the best way of doing this so that people
